The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-01-28

eapiing. We let mel 60 down to the very
bottom of sin before we try TO Lift them up.
1t is great deal caster to keep q .rain on
the track than to get it on when 1t Is on.
TIE experienced reinsnan checks che fiery
steed at the first jump. for when he gets
| full swing, the swift toofs clicking fire
from the pavement ami ehe Dit between his
teeth, his momentum is irresistible 1t is
said that the young must be allowed to sow
their vivid cats" / have noticei that
those who SOW their wild oats seldom try
to raise any other crop.
Invent through the heaviest snow storm
have ever known to see dying girl Her
check OF the pillow was as white as the
snow on the easement Her large round
eye had not lost any of its luster. Loved
ones stood all around the bed trying to
hold her back. Her mother could not give
her up: her father could not give her up,
and one nearer to her than either father or
mother was frantic with grief. l sail:
Fanny. how do you feelsn "Oh," she
says. HAPPY, happy, Mr.. Talmage. Tell
all the young folks that religion will make
them happy"
As l came on. Of the room, louder
than all the sobs and wailings OF grief, /
heard the sweet. clear voice of the dying
on the other side of the river The next
Sabbath we buried her. We brought white
flowers and laid them on the coffin. There
was in all that crowded church but one
really happy and delighted face. and that
was the face of Fanny. O, wish that to-
day M Lord Jesus would 90 through this
audience and take ali these flowers OF youth
and garland them on His brow.
But while a grea. flock this day comes to
the tovc-cote of mercy. the largest flock Is
going the other way. 1t is very easy
thing to tame doves. CD cut with a hand
full of corn to feed pigeons and they VIII
fly on your shoulders AMI hands. SO tame
are they. God has fei those who are before
me with 1.-THE finest of wheat" and yet Tou
have flown from Him all your lives long;
You have taken your clothes out of His
wardrobe ami your breai out Of His hands.
Gods spirit will not always strive. In
the morning you have gone out, after Sc
we're night. and seen the birds dead on the
snow; SO. after awhile, Gods mercy Will
cease. and the earth will be covered with
the bodies of those VINO persisted in thu
storm. That storm is coming; IL Will shiv-
err the mast of pride; it will drive into
the white reefs of death every cargo Of SIN.
/ The cedars of the mountain VIII SPLIT in tho
[ hurricane and the islands shall be moved
/ out Of their places. and the continents shall
be rent assunder. and the hemisphere shall
whirl ike top in the fury OF that day.
/ The mountains will be blasted and the
! beasts. in alright, be pitched from the cliffs
/ in an avalanche of terror. The dead shall
! rush forth from their sepuichres to see
what is the matter. and all those who de-
| spise God shall horribly perish.
Now. 60 you suppose that can stand
here and know that tina: day is coming
without telling you about it. Ny last rest
| ing place will probably be near yours.
What if. when 1 get up in the resurrection
| dav. should see you rushing at me across
the lots Of the cemetery, and hear you cry:
"Why did you not tell me of thiss II it
had not been for your neglect should havo
been on the way to glory" l can not pre-.
/ pare myself for such a CONSERVATION
Gan you tell me how far it is to hell"
said a young man, as, on Sunday, on horse
| back. he dashed past good Christian
deacon At the next turn in the road the
| horse threw the scoffing rider, and he was
dead He wantei 10 know how far it was
/ to hell. and found out without the deacon's
/ telling him.
So thou art mounted on a swift steed.
whose hcofs strike fire from the pavement
as he dashes past, and you cry out: SHOW
/ far IS II to ruiI.- l answer: NEAR, very
uearr'
perhaps this very day
Thy las: accepted time may be:
| Oh shouldst thou grieve Him now awaJ,
! Then hope may Fever beam on thee
| Oh that my Lord God would bring you
now to see your sin and to fly from it: and
your duty, and help you 10 it, SO that when
the last great terror of earth shall spread
/ its two black wings. and clutch with its
b'oody talons for thy soul, l. can not hurt
! thee. for thou art safe in the warm dove
+ cote of Saviour's mercy!
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